A Perfect Day for Bananafish This short story by J.D. Salinger is a great example of his unique writing styles. It starts out with the lady living with the main character doing her nails in a hotel room in New York. She talks on the phone with her mom and it is evident that they don't have a true loving relationship. They constantly yell and tell each other what to do. This theme of …showed first 75 words of 293 total…

…showed last 75 words of 293 total…a scene that gets slightly more twisted and disturbing. There is just something about the way those two characters interact that wont settle in ones mind. Anyways, they go into the water and start talking nonsense about some kind of bananafish that act very peculiar. After they leave the beach, Seymour goes back to his hotel room and shoots himself. The story ends very abruptly and unexpectedly. This is also very common in Salinger's work.